Sarah McElhaney, LMFT

Sarah McElhaney, M.S., LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the state of Iowa. She provides psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to address areas of anxiety, depression, ADHD, autism/Asperger's, social skills, stress, life transitions, divorce, parenting and relational issues, and couples issues. 

 

Sarah has a natural warmth and compassion to her style and feels privileged when clients entrust her to be a part of their growth and healing journey. Sarah’s practice is designed to be a supportive environment for clients to grow emotionally and personally within themselves, enhancing one's own internal strengths and resources while exploring alternatives, and improve the connections within their relationships. Working from an integrated approach, Sarah thoughtfully tailors methods to strive to best meet her clients’ unique needs and draws from multiple theories in order to do so, such as cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused, family systems theories, play and expressive therapies, EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, and Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Because of Sarah's systemic philosophy, she also works to collaborate with schools or other professionals clients may be receiving services from to facilitate a positive treatment outcome.

 

Sarah has special interest and training in working with couples, adolescents, and children and adolescents with social skill difficulties and their families.